Box office snapshot
Financial performance
Reference figures based on available reported data.Domestic gross
$11.0M
Estimated from worldwide grossInternational gross
$11.0M
Estimated from worldwide grossOpening weekend
$2.0M
Estimated from worldwide grossRanking context
Where A Thousand Words ranks
Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.Nearby worldwide ranks
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Quick answer
How did A Thousand Words (2012) perform at the box office?
High confidenceA Thousand Words (2012) earned a reported $22.0M worldwide against a reported $40.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$18.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.55x. In this database it currently ranks #5,380 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #164 among 2012 releases.
- Worldwide gross
- $22,044,277
- Budget
- $40,000,000
- Gross minus budget
- -$17,955,723
- ROI
- 0.55x
Synopsis
Story
Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja is on to him, and Jack’s life comes unglued after a magical Bodhi tree mysteriously appears in his backyard. With every word Jack speaks, a leaf falls from the tree and he realizes that when the last leaf falls, both he and the tree are toast. Words have never failed Jack McCall, but now he’s got to stop talking and conjure up some outrageous ways to communicate or he’s a goner.
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Why this movie matters
Released in 2012, A Thousand Words is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Comedy, Fantasy title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $22.0M, reported production budget is $40.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$18.0M, ROI is 0.55x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,380 all-time in the current chart set and #164 among 2012 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.
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